Editing Video with Windows Movie Maker Does anyone know if the video shot with this carmera can be edited with Windows Movie Maker? I would prefer to use Movie Maker versus buying editing software and I've seen way too many issues with various cameras shooting video that can't be edited in Movie Maker. Editing Video with Windows Movie Maker Does anyone know if the video shot with this carmera can be edited with Windows Movie Maker? I would prefer to use Movie Maker versus buying... » Read More Editing Video with Windows Movie Maker Does anyone know if the video shot with this carmera can be edited with Windows Movie Maker? I would prefer to use Movie Maker versus buying editing software and I've seen way too many issues with various cameras shooting video that can't be edited in Movie Maker. « Show Less
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Thanks - I'll try it (may be worth upgrading to their pro version if it really works).
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I've been wondering the same thing. When i try to import videos from the camera to windows movie maker it says they are in the wrong format.
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JVC MOD files open perfectly in Nero Vision. Renaming them to MPG for me caused them not to play correctly in WMP (and no sound), and they would not open in Quicktime Pro. Bad choice by JVC.
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I have a JVC mg555, and I just changed a vid file ext to .mpg.WMM imports it, but is not reading the video part only audio. Weird. I am still working on it.
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There is a free program called Prism Video conversion. Put the MOD file into it and out comes a MPG to play with.Here is the link to their site.http://www.nchsoftware.com/prism/index.html
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I just read that the .MOD extension of the JVC can be changed to .MPG for recognition by Windows Media Player and should work with other software since it is a standard format. (You can do this by copying the file onto your PC, right clicking and renaming. With this extension you should be able to burn to a DVD. I am interested in purchasing this camcorder but will NOT do so if I have to purchase extra software. If someone tries this, please let me know if you are successful. JVC appears to receive much better reviews than Sony other than the burning issues. The article I read can be found at http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2006-12-06-camcorder-hard-drives_x.htm. I just read that the .MOD extension of the JVC can be changed to .MPG for recognition by Windows Media Player and should work with other software since it is a standard format. (You can do this by copying the file onto your PC, right clicking and renaming. With this extension you should be able to burn to a DVD. I am interested in purchasing this camcorder but will NOT do so if I have to purchase extra software. If someone tries this, please let me know if you are successful. JVC appears to receive much better reviews than Sony other than the burning issues. The article I read can be found... » Read More I just read that the .MOD extension of the JVC can be changed to .MPG for recognition by Windows Media Player and should work with other software since it is a standard format. (You can do this by copying the file onto your PC, right clicking and renaming. With this extension you should be able to burn to a DVD. I am interested in purchasing this camcorder but will NOT do so if I have to purchase extra software. If someone tries this, please let me know if you are successful. JVC appears to receive much better reviews than Sony other than the burning issues. The article I read can be found at http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2006-12-06-camcorder-hard-drives_x.htm. « Show Less
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I use Windows Movie Maker exclusively with my camera, and have had NO issues whatsoever with importing the files, or editing of the files using this software. It may not show up in the folder as a "media" file, but if you check all files, then you are able to import the raw video and edit away. Took me maybe 15 minutes to edit my first video with this camera and software.
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some people have apparently unsolveable problems with Windows Movie Maker codecs. It's hard to tell if the problem is with Windows or the camera manufacturers.
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I'm now using Edius and it's the finest video editor I've seen. It far exceeds Final Cut Pro or Adobe Pro in price and I don't suppose they could perform any better, especially not on my pc. I even tried it on my laptop and it works fine, the render time is longer though.
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Windows 7 Movie Maker finds the camera right away and displays the image. Movie Maker is apparently a standard part of Windows 7 Media Center. The picture is a little small and I didn't find a way to make it larger (there probably is a way), but it was fine for my purposes. Loading a "chinese" CD program on my PC made me uncomfortable.
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i use iMovie for edits. Not overly fond of the newer version of iMovie, but it makes the basic edits I need. Video everything onto SD card and then plug the SD card directly into my iMac. Upload from there and then edit away. Also use Premier, but not much. Like I said, my edits are usually really basic.
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Its a great software and it will make ur video come with great effects, but if you do not want to do that just download any video converter from download.com and that will just convert all your files that you choose to the format you are pleased with.
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Yes, it works better on Windows, but is mac-compatible. If I use my mac, I usually upload directly from my memory card to the mac instead of using the camera software. Mac has much better image/video editing software already installed.
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I had the same problem. It would take me about five or six tries. I also had a problem editing the video using premiere pro cs4. some videos would not play and all the videos the sound never matched up. they sent me a new pair of glasses and that took care of connecting to my computer. It worked the first time everytime but I still had a problem editing the video. I just sent the glasses back. I would say contact them. they were real easy to work with.
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Ken - update! I took your advice and went to www.download.com, searched "avi rotate" and had success with Prism Video Converter! Thank you so much! And by the way, in the process, found out I can convert the mp4 format in Windows Live Photo Gallery, not to be confused with Windows Photo Gallery, which I had tried before. After the conversion, the instructions said to go to this site to rotate and I accidentally clicked on the mp4 photo ...and there it was ... rotated! But as I said before, I need AVI for uploading to my digital frame so I've had a good day ... thanks to you! You're my hero...take care. Ann Ken - update! I took your advice and went to www.download.com, searched "avi rotate" and had success with Prism Video Converter! Thank you so much! And by the way, in the process, found out I can convert the mp4 format in Windows Live Photo Gallery, not to be confused with Windows Photo Gallery, which I had tried before. After the conversion, the instructions said to go to this site to rotate and I accidentally clicked on the mp4 photo ...and there it was ... rotated! But as I said before, I need AVI for uploading to my digital frame so I've had a good day ... thanks to you!... » Read More Ken - update! I took your advice and went to www.download.com, searched "avi rotate" and had success with Prism Video Converter! Thank you so much! And by the way, in the process, found out I can convert the mp4 format in Windows Live Photo Gallery, not to be confused with Windows Photo Gallery, which I had tried before. After the conversion, the instructions said to go to this site to rotate and I accidentally clicked on the mp4 photo ...and there it was ... rotated! But as I said before, I need AVI for uploading to my digital frame so I've had a good day ... thanks to you! You're my hero...take care. Ann « Show Less
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I've been using a digital camera since the beginning to take short video clips of my son for a family blog that I run. Up until recently I've used a little Sony DSC-W90 which as worked quite well for 640x480. I just picked up a FZ28 and the video quality is fairly decent but beware that it records in Quicktime which means you can't directly use the video in the convenient Windows Movie Maker. My biggest disappointment so far with the movie mode on the FZ28 is the muddy sound quality -- my little DSC-W90 beats it hands down for that. Note also that video hosting sites are just starting to offer HD uploads so you may not get great HD hosting in the short term. Pros: 720P and WVGA (848x480) video modes, zoom while filming Cons: Quicktime format not editable in Windows Movie Maker, muddy sound quality
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Most Movie makers/programs have different settings LP, SP, HQ or fit to size. Windows normally comes with Windows Movie Maker, so you can edit out and length>
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It was a long time ago that my unit broke but as I recall you can NOT edit video with it. Do you have a computer? That would be better for editing. I recommend that you look at other options. :-)
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Dear Valery: With this Sony Movie Studio Platinum Suite 12 software, you have many choices of audio editing, for example you can extract the audio from a video, you can change the volume of a song in MP3, you can make conversions of audio from one format to another, mix, trim, add, add silence between songs, add fade at the beginning and at the end of a song, you can add special effects, among other things but I'm commenting only a few options that I've used, but still have not used most of the options that the software has naturally required patience and time to take advantage of the program, as it also has an excellent tutorial that will indicating you step by step how to do, it is really very well recommend it since I've had other editors and this is the best and all off the foregoing their specialty is the edition of video clips.
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This is stand alone software to edit video. You can make movies with it. You cannot burn dvds with it.
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Thomas, I love the camera!!! It's extremely easy to transfer the videos to your PC to edit. I have found that even though the software initially permits "frame to frame" editing, it actually edits in segments on the PC. When transferring to "YouTube" I have lost the last segment, yet, I'm a novice at this. It is possible to edit on the camera directly which I have not yet tried. The camera is new to me and I wasn't yet confident enough that I may loose my videos while editing on the camera. The camera is amazing for far distance shooting, the main reason for my purchase. Hope this has been of help. cj Thomas, I love the camera!!! It's extremely easy to transfer the videos to your PC to edit. I have found that even though the software initially permits "frame to frame" editing, it actually edits in segments on the PC. When transferring to "YouTube" I have lost the last segment, yet, I'm a novice at this. It is possible to edit on the camera directly which I have not yet tried. The camera is new to me and I wasn't yet confident enough that I may loose my videos while editing on the camera. The camera is amazing for far distance shooting, the main reason for my purchase.... » Read More Thomas, I love the camera!!! It's extremely easy to transfer the videos to your PC to edit. I have found that even though the software initially permits "frame to frame" editing, it actually edits in segments on the PC. When transferring to "YouTube" I have lost the last segment, yet, I'm a novice at this. It is possible to edit on the camera directly which I have not yet tried. The camera is new to me and I wasn't yet confident enough that I may loose my videos while editing on the camera. The camera is amazing for far distance shooting, the main reason for my purchase. Hope this has been of help. cj « Show Less
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Mike, Originally I was not able to use premiere, but once I installed the MJPEG codec I can edit just like a normal avi. There is a trial codec and one to purchase (pegasus?)
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I have a couple of different editing software at my disposal either at home or at work. neither are high price, high quality editing. I edit my videos just minimally.